Since 1985 the College has provided practical counseling skills training worldwide for personal growth, for service and helping professionals, and to prepare the public for entry to the counseling profession.
"No one has been disappointed with the training or the course text ....essential to doing professional counseling." REGISTER BY FEBRUARY 23
STEPS TO REGISTER AND BEGIN THE COURSE
1. Send your Registration using the Form below. 2. Make your partial or full tuition payment (full payment for the tuition rebate). 3. Receive your "confirmation of acceptance" email from the College. 4. Receive your course text, assignments and materials, as email attached files needed to begin the course. (A hard copy of the text is sent immediately to your regular mailing address provided on your Registration Form below.)
"Thanks for the practical counseling skills information and program. It is a work of art that is truly from the heart. Anyone should take no thought and get the book. Thanks for sharing and opening my mind." - J.W.H., USA
Mental Health Counsellor Training Course Online Register By February 23, 2012 WINTER SPECIAL: Register with full tuition by this date and receive a $100 rebate.
HELP YOURSELF........HELP OTHERS Join the growing number of US, Canadian, and International students gaining practical counseling knowledge and skills.
Who Should Register? Any members of the public having a sincere desire to increase self-awareness and to help others; also mental health counselors and workers, addiction counselors, professional counselors, clergy, chaplains, employment and career counselors, school counselors and teachers, holistic health practitioners, transition shelter workers, nurses, social workers, corrections officers, employee assistance counselors, young offender counselors, fire and emergency rescue workers, hospital education and training staff, pastors and pastoral counselors, marriage and divorce counselors, funeral directors and staff, school administrators, business and human resources managers, lawyers, psychologists, physicans, surgeons, disability and rehabilitation counselors, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, airline staff, insurance counselors, financial and credit counselors, members of armed forces and law enforcement, accountants, fiction authors, actors, drama instructors and directors, other members of the helping professions and creative arts.
Mental Health Counsellor Training Course Online Register By February 14, 2012 WINTER SPECIAL: Register with full tuition by this date and receive a $100 rebate.
Earn The Certificate of Mental Health Counselling and Therapy Qualifying Examination fee included in course tuition (exam fee value $500) With no prior counselling experience, M.P. from Alberta, Canada, was offered a counselling position in a local family and social services agency shortly after completing this initial course. "I graduated and was accepted into the Professional Counsellors Association with this education. I have been a practising therapist ever since in my private practice. I highly recommend it." - JKG, Registered Professional Counsellor
The College of Mental Health Counselling provides opportunities to receive online training for personal growth and to provide professional counseling services. The participant may also increase professional development, knowledge, and skills within individual subject courses.
Find out how to become a counsellor after having completed the Mental Health Counsellor Training Course, what to do next, and how to be supervised (optional) during the year after taking the course. Click here to see the Program Summary. Mental Health Counsellor Training Course Requirements
Prerequisites: 1) sincere desire to increase self-awareness and to help others, 2) reading comprehension and writing composition skills. The online course is also suitable for individuals who may have been away from the traditional classroom for several years.
Objectives: 1. To acquire knowledge and skills in the process of counselling individuals and couples. 2. To increase the student’s self-awareness of issues and factors contributing to his or her current life and relationship.
You Will Learn: 1. Completing and understanding the Clinical Assessment; steps forsuicide prevention. 2. Skills to begin, deepen, and close the counseling session and the over-all counselling process. 3. Skills to heal grief resulting from different types of loss: death of a loved one, breakup of a relationship, divorce, loss of health, bankruptcy, and others. 4. Skills to help others adopt healthy communication, reduce hostility, solve problems, resolve conflicts, listen with empathy, and speak assertively. 5. Approaches to help couples resolve specific issues: infidelity, household duties, addiction, and others; understanding how childhood experiences affect adult life and the couple relationship.
Assignments: 1. Design and create a minimum of 100-120 short and long-answer review questions covering the scope and depth of the text and provide responses with page numbers from the text where the answers are found. 2. Complete the Clinical Assessment Questionnaire with yourself as the client. 3. Complete the Clinical Assessment Questionnaire with a volunteer client. 4. Qualifying Examination - Open-book with text, all materials, and full instructor support available, the exam is designed to be a comprehensive learning experience. Time for completion: Estimating 2 hours per week day, allow approximately 4 to 6 weeks with time extension granted on request.
The Certificate of Mental Health Counselling and Therapy is awarded upon completion of the above requirements.
To Register, please complete and send the Registration Form below, or request more information at collegemhc@gmail.com
Instructor: Daniel Keeran, MA, MSW, therapist and professional counsellor for over 30 years and author of Loss and Grief Counseling Skills and Effective Counseling Skills. With extensive experience in private practice and hospital settings, he has conducted many therapy groups and trained thousands of people from the general public as well as social workers, nurses, and other helping professionals.
Mental Health Counsellor Training Course Registration Form and Secure Online Tuition Payment (online distance learning)
To register for the College course, please complete and send the Registration Form here. On receiving your registration and tuition, the College will send the course text and assignments as attached email PDF files with a hard copy to follow. Please contact the College with any questions prior to and during the course. The course can be completed within a six week period with time extensions granted on request simply by contacting the College and giving a reason for the extension and date you will submit your assignments. Your information and email is kept strictly confidential and used only within the College. All fields are required.
Secure Online Tuition Payment $865 Canadian or US using Paypal (credit cards accepted) A $100 rebate is given immediately on full payment of tuition at the time of Registration. (Your money order/cheque/check or paypal payment will be to "Counsellor Holdings Inc.")
Thank you very much. The course text, assignments, and materials will be emailed to you immediately with the hard copy text to follow. We look forward to assisting you to acquire these important professional counselling skills.
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Monthly payment option: $108 per month for 8 months Note: Full tuition must be paid to receive the course certificate.
To use the monthly payment option you MUST complete the Registration Form above and click "Send". Please indicate below what day of each month your payment will be made.
REGARDING THE COURSE TEXT I think it should be required reading for undergrads and grad students alike. - Marc W.B., Mental Health Therapist, Vancouver, Washington
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